They linger wastefully to rust and rot;

We ask (and let your answer be concise):

Have all the dumps been sold, or have they not?

No more may Kellaway in bland retort

Disguise the truth with verbal circumstance;

Our special correspondents still report:

"Entrenching tools obscure the face of France.".

The case is plain; the issue is distinct;

You either answer now or out you trot

(And kindly make that answer quite succinct):